This is actually where she did the most damage -- and the author didn't even mention Jenny McCarthy, the two of them -- Oprah and Jenny -- being responsible for the deaths of a significant number of children:
"In her earnest spiritual seeking, Ms. Winfrey gave platforms to some rather questionable types. She hosted the self-help author Louise Hay, who once said Holocaust victims may have been paying for sins in a previous life. She championed the "medical intuitive" Caroline Myss, who claims emotional distress causes cancer. She helped launch Rhonda Byrne, creator of the DVD and book "The Secret," who teaches that just thinking about wealth can make you rich. She invited the "psychic medium" John Edward to help mourners in her audience talk to their dead relatives. "The Oprah Winfrey Show" made viewers feel that they constantly had to "sculpt their best lives," Dr. Lofton writes. Yet in her religious exuberance Ms. Winfrey gave people some badly broken tools. Ms. Winfrey nodded along to the psychics and healers and intuitives. She rarely asked tough questions, and because she believed, millions of others did, too." -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Kevin M. Sent: Saturday, May 28, 2011 12:28 AM To: [email protected] Subject: [TV orNotTV] The Church of Oprah The article that dares to ask the question: Was Oprah's brand of advice and guidance harmful? This article seemed in depth at first, but it really wasn't. However, my favorite quote was, "By making all experiences of suffering into occasions to improve oneself, Oprah ends up - absurdly - making suffering into a desirable experience." http://www.nytimes.com/2011/05/28/us/28beliefs.html?partner=rss&emc=rss -- Kevin M. (RPCV) -- TV or Not TV .... The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TV or Not TV" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en -- TV or Not TV .... The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TV or Not TV" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en
